Bangladesh Premier League Highest Run Scorers

The Bangladesh Premier League held its inaugural season in the year 2012 and is the highest level of professional T20 cricket league of Bangladesh approved by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). Dhaka Gladiators won the First two BPL trophy for 2012-13 and 2013-14 season whereas Comilla Victorians won the third 2015-16 season. A total 301 players participated in the draft, including 133 local and 168 foreign players. 85 players were selected in the draft for this BPL season as on 30 Sep 2016. See the Bangladesh Premier League BPL highest run scorers of all time and also of BPL T20 2016 season.

The BPL had the third highest average attendance among all cricket leagues with respect to the average crowd per match during the 2015 season. In 2016, the BPL was revealed as the second most followed cricket league in the world, second to the Indian Premier League. The brand valuation of BPL is estimated at around $500 million. We are going to take a look at the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) highest run scorers till now.

Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Highest Run Scorers

Most runs

Player

Span

Mat

Inns

NO

Runs

HS

Ave

BF

SR

100

50

0

4s

6s

Mushfiqur Rahim

2012-2015

34

31

8

831

86

36.13

659

126.10

0

5

4

63

24

(Duronto Rajshahi, Sylhet Royals, Sylhet Super Stars)

BJ Hodge

2012-2013

23

22

4

756

70*

42.00

565

133.80

0

7

2

79

32

(Barisal Burners)

Shakib Al Hasan

2012-2015

34

34

9

745

86*

29.80

531

140.30

0

3

2

73

22

(Dhaka Gladiators, Khulna Royal Bengals, Rangpur Riders)

Mahmudullah

2012-2015

37

33

5

692

56*

24.71

636

108.80

0

3

1

56

19

(Barisal Bulls, Chittagong Kings)

Ahmed Shehzad

2012-2015

19

19

3

690

113*

43.12

496

139.11

1

5

2

70

28

(Barisal Burners, Comilla Victorians)

Nasir Hossain

2012-2015

34

30

4

689

80

26.50

570

120.87

0

2

0

51

27

(Dhaka Dynamites, Khulna Royal Bengals, Rangpur Riders)

Anamul Haque

2012-2015

36

32

4

674

83

24.07

563

119.71

0

3

4

58

27

(Chittagong Vikings, Dhaka Gladiators)

Mohammad Ashraful

2012-2013

26

24

3

616

103*

29.33

523

117.78

1

2

1

62

14

(Dhaka Gladiators)

Jahurul Islam

2012-2015

32

32

6

613

62*

23.57

536

114.36

0

3

2

45

19

(Chittagong Kings, Duronto Rajshahi, Rangpur Riders)

Imrul Kayes

2012-2015

28

28

1

593

67

21.96

533

111.25

0

3

5

54

22

(Comilla Victorians, Rangpur Riders, Sylhet Royals)

Azhar Mahmood

2012-2013

23

23

4

574

77*

30.21

423

135.69

0

5

2

58

22

(Barisal Burners, Dhaka Gladiators)

Tamim Iqbal

2012-2015

21

20

1

550

69

28.94

464

118.53

0

6

1

51

19

(Chittagong Kings, Chittagong Vikings, Duronto Rajshahi)

CH Gayle

2012-2015

10

10

3

541

116

77.28

290

186.55

3

1

0

35

50

(Barisal Bulls, Barisal Burners, Dhaka Gladiators)

Shahriar Nafees

2012-2015

22

20

3

537

102*

31.58

486

110.49

1

3

0

65

7

(Barisal Bulls, Barisal Burners, Khulna Royal Bengals)

Sabbir Rahman

2012-2015

36

29

3

533

79

20.50

432

123.37

0

2

4

41

22

(Barisal Bulls, Barisal Burners, Duronto Rajshahi)

RN ten Doeschate

2013-2015

19

19

5

532

95*

38.00

394

135.02

0

3

0

30

22

(Chittagong Kings, Dhaka Dynamites)

Naeem Islam

2012-2015

25

22

4

476

72

26.44

444

107.20

0

3

2

47

9

(Chittagong Kings, Chittagong Vikings, Sylhet Royals)

Shamsur Rahman

2012-2015

17

17

2

475

98*

31.66

381

124.67

0

6

0

42

15

(Chittagong Kings, Dhaka Dynamites, Rangpur Riders)

DR Smith

2012-2013

16

16

3

454

103*

34.92

348

130.45

1

2

1

38

22

(Khulna Royal Bengals, Sylhet Royals)

Junaid Siddique

2012-2015

22

22

3

441

89*

23.21

335

131.64

0

2

3

48

15

(Duronto Rajshahi, Rangpur Riders, Sylhet Super Stars)

S Chanderpaul

2012-2013

15

15

2

424

87*

32.61

348

121.83

0

4

0

49

10

(Khulna Royal Bengals, Sylhet Royals)

TM Dilshan

2013-2015

17

17

2

414

67*

27.60

330

125.45

0

1

2

47

14

(Chittagong Vikings, Dhaka Gladiators)

JJ Roy

2012-2013

17

16

1

407

92*

27.13

303

134.32

0

1

0

40

17

(Chittagong Kings)

BRM Taylor

2012-2015

17

17

2

405

69*

27.00

345

117.39

0

4

2

43

11

(Barisal Bulls, Chittagong Kings)

Nasir Jamshed

2012-2015

13

13

2

395

86*

35.90

323

122.29

0

3

1

41

11

(Chittagong Kings, Dhaka Dynamites)

DI Stevens

2012-2015

25

22

7

394

55*

26.26

324

121.60

0

1

2

34

13

(Comilla Victorians, Dhaka Gladiators)

Imran Nazir

2012-2012

11

11

2

390

75

43.33

250

156.00

0

4

0

38

18

(Dhaka Gladiators)

MN Samuels

2012-2015

15

15

4

384

72

34.90

320

120.00

0

4

2

37

14

(Comilla Victorians, Duronto Rajshahi)

Nazmul Hossain Milon

2012-2015

32

27

9

371

45*

20.61

307

120.84

0

0

2

21

15

(Khulna Royal Bengals, Sylhet Royals, Sylhet Super Stars)

Kamran Akmal

2012-2015

12

12

1

368

82

33.45

255

144.31

0

5

2

44

17

(Chittagong Vikings, Sylhet Royals)

Ziaur Rahman

2012-2015

30

24

6

367

48*

20.38

291

126.11

0

0

3

28

21

(Chittagong Kings, Chittagong Vikings, Duronto Rajshahi)

P Mustard

2012-2013

20

18

2

364

88*

22.75

308

118.18

0

1

2

43

5

(Barisal Burners)

Alok Kapali

2012-2015

31

24

8

355

56

22.18

313

113.41

0

1

0

30

10

(Barisal Burners, Comilla Victorians, Sylhet Royals)

Mominul Haque

2012-2015

33

25

3

352

53*

16.00

341

103.22

0

1

2

33

9

(Barisal Burners, Sylhet Royals, Sylhet Super Stars)

KC Sangakkara

2015-2015

10

10

1

349

75

38.77

298

117.11

0

2

0

35

5

(Dhaka Dynamites)

PR Stirling

2013-2013

13

13

0

323

66

24.84

200

161.50

0

2

1

44

13

(Sylhet Royals)

EMDY Munaweera

2013-2015

16

16

0

323

64

20.18

263

122.81

0

1

2

50

7

(Duronto Rajshahi, Sylhet Super Stars)

SM Ervine

2012-2013

17

16

4

319

82

26.58

268

119.02

0

1

2

28

12

(Duronto Rajshahi)

PD Trego

2012-2012

9

9

1

311

68*

38.87

272

114.33

0

3

0

28

5

(Sylhet Royals)

Mohammad Mithun

2012-2015

28

21

2

300

60

15.78

282

106.38

0

2

4

18

12

(Barisal Burners, Khulna Royal Bengals, Rangpur Riders)

E Chigumbura

2013-2015

16

15

7

272

43*

34.00

186

146.23

0

0

1

14

19

(Chittagong Vikings, Sylhet Royals)

RS Bopara

2013-2015

19

18

2

269

55

16.81

256

105.07

0

2

2

24

6

(Chittagong Kings, Sylhet Super Stars)

MH Wessels

2013-2013

11

10

2

248

63*

31.00

221

112.21

0

1

0

22

5

(Khulna Royal Bengals)

KA Pollard

2012-2013

12

11

4

247

50*

35.28

168

147.02

0

1

0

14

18

(Dhaka Gladiators)

Shahzaib Hasan

2012-2012

8

8

0

240

54

30.00

183

131.14

0

2

0

31

5

(Duronto Rajshahi)

JJ Cobb

2013-2015

17

16

3

227

34*

17.46

182

124.72

0

0

1

16

12

(Dhaka Gladiators, Sylhet Super Stars)

LMP Simmons

2015-2015

10

10

0

221

73

22.10

215

102.79

0

2

0

29

5

(Rangpur Riders)

Soumya Sarkar

2012-2015

19

18

3

221

58*

14.73

204

108.33

0

1

2

31

4

(Dhaka Gladiators, Duronto Rajshahi, Rangpur Riders)

Nurul Hasan

2013-2015

17

15

4

220

43

20.00

186

118.27

0

0

2

24

5

(Chittagong Kings, Sylhet Super Stars)

Ashar Zaidi

2015-2015

11

8

4

215

53*

53.75

155

138.70

0

1

0

16

10

(Comilla Victorians)

BPL T20 Leading Run Scorers of All-Time

#3. Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh)

Considered as one of the Best All Rounder of the World Cricket in present time Shakib has an outstanding BPL record. He is the third highest runscorer in the Bangladesh Premier League with 745 runs out of his 34 innings. Shakib has played for teams like Dhaka Gladiators, Jamaica Tallawahs, Karachi Kings,Khulna Division, Kolkata Knight Riders, Worcestershire. Whereas in the BPL he had an exciting strike rate of 140 and an average of 30.

#2. Brad Hodge (Australia)

The 42-year-old Australian is the second highest Runscorer of the Bangladesh Premier League with 756 runs out of the 22 innings played so far. Brad Hodge has played for teams like Kolkata Knight Riders, Lancashire,Leicestershire, Melbourne Renegades, Northern Districts,Peshawar Zalmi, Rajasthan Royals, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots,Victoria, Wellington Hodge has an excellent batting Average of 42 and his strike rate for the BPL matches is 133.80.

#1. Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh)

Bangladesh’s International WicketKeeper Batsmen is the Highest Run scorer in the Bangladesh Premier League so far with 831 runs. Mushfiqur Rahim has played for teams like Karachi Kings, North Zone (Bangladesh), Rajshahi Division,Sylhet Division, and Sylhet Royals. The Barisal Bulls batsmen have scored 831 runs in 31 BPL innings with an average of 36.31 and Strike rate of 126.